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truthful

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Word definitions for truthful in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 honest, and always telling the truth. 2 Accurately depicting what is real.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"habitually speaking truth," 1590s, from truth + -ful . Related: Truthfully ; truthfulness .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Truthful \Truth"ful\, a. Full of truth; veracious; reliable. -- Truth"ful*ly , adv. -- Truth"ful*ness , n.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB more ▪ At the time it seemed more truthful to make a break; then at least the position was defined. ▪ Is it possible to make our market system tell a more truthful story to families? ■ NOUN answer ▪ To receive ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. expressing or given to expressing the truth; "a true statement"; "gave truthful testimony"; "a truthful person" [syn: true ] [ant: untruthful ] conforming to truth; "I wouldn't have told you this if it weren't so"; "a truthful statement" [syn: so(p) ...

Usage examples of truthful.

To be truthful, since Frederick was employing me more and more as a confidential messenger in various situations, I wanted to create my little personal court, the Poet, Abdul, Boron, Kyot, and Rabbi Solomon.

I was told, incidentally, that the language of the Priest-Kings does possess more morphemes than English but I do not know if the report is truthful or not, for Priest-Kings tend to be somewhat touchy on the matter of any comparisons, particularly those to their disadvantage or putative disadvantage, with organisms of what they regard as the lower orders.

At last Bridge stole a few minutes alone with Abigail, or, to be more strictly a truthful historian, Abigail outgeneraled the others of the company and drew Bridge out upon the veranda.

But the truthful historian of the capabilities of crabs, the duty of one who stands sponsor to some of the species and who has the hardihood to indite some of the manifestations of their intelligence, wit, and craft, must discard the prejudices of his race, abandon all flattering sense of superiority, forbear the smiles of patronage, and contemplate them from the standpoint of fellowship and sympathy.

None of the girls of the Circle, searching their hearts and consciences, being truthful, mostly Christian good-girls, could lay claim to having seen John Reddy following exams in the gymnasium.

History should bring its collateral assistance: the Medicean Queens, Venice, bloody Spain, hard-visaged monks calmly directing the engines of torture, the poison of anonymous calumny, and dread secrets more dreadfully betrayed, could furnish much of truthful precedent.

Baptism begin to have its salutary effect, when truthful confession takes the place of that insincerity which hindered sins from being washed away, so long as the heart persisted in malice and sacrilege.

This is maybe why just about everybody in the White Flag Group tries so hard to be so disgustingly humble, kind, helpful, tactful, cheerful, nonjudgmental, tidy, energetic, sanguine, modest, generous, fair, orderly, patient, tolerant, attentive, truthful.

To be truthful, since Frederick was employing me more and more as a confidential messenger in various situations, I wanted to create my little personal court, the Poet, Abdul, Boron, Kyot, and Rabbi Solomon.

The number of men evacuated is presumably truthful, and even if one doubled the number of ships lost it would not be a great loss for such a large undertaking, considering that the circumstances were about as favourable to the aeroplanes as they could well be.

But it scarcely need be said that literature is an art, like painting and music, and that one may have knowledge of life and perfect sincerity, and yet be unable to produce a good, truthful piece of literature, or to compose a piece of music, or to paint a picture.

It was succinct, truthful and detailed, but Clifford was no better pleased.

I have it on very good authority that reports of air-battles etc. issued by the Air Ministry are substantially truthful, though of course favourably coloured.

But to reach its most powerful and truthful expression, the geometry and mathematics really need to describe the way in which the One becomes the many in the multireflective, multidimensional, multilevel, multifaceted, integrated worlds of the Mind.

The worst of it was that Olivia knew in her heart of hearts that Victoria was being truthful.